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MR. LINER ADVISED THAT THE SOUTH COUNTY SYSTEM PRODUCTION <br />WELL #1 WAS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND ON SCHEDULE, AND <br />CONSTRUCTION ON THE SECOND WELL WOULD BE STARTING THIS WEEK. HE <br />CONTINUED THAT THE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM WAS IN ITS FINAL DESIGN AND <br />ON SCHEDULE, AND READY TO BE ADVERTISED FOR BIDDING THE THIRD WEEK <br />OF DECEMBER. MR. LINER COMMENTED THAT PROCESS SPECIFICATIONS WERE <br />BEING COMPLETED. AND THE AVAILABILITY OF WATER QUALITY DATA WILL DETERMINE <br />THE EXACT BID DATE OF THE PROCESS EQUIPMENT. HE WAS HOPEFUL THEY <br />WOULD ADVERTISE FOR THIS ABOUT THE END OF DECEMBER. <br />COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK REFERRED TO THE PROJECTION FIGURES <br />FOR THE SOUTH COUNTY SYSTEM WHICH INDICATED 200 TO 300 GALLONS A <br />MINUTE FOR THE SHALLOW WELL AQUIFER, AND WONDERED IF TEST WELLS WERE <br />DONE TO DETERMINE THOSE FIGURES. <br />JOHN BOBBINS, ENGINEERING CONSULTANT, STATED THAT DETERMINA- <br />TION OF THE WELL YIELD FOR THE SHALLOW AQUIFER IN THE AREA WAS BASED <br />ON INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY GERAGHTY & MILLER. IN ADDITION, HE NOTED <br />THERE WAS INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY THE ST. JOHNS WATER MANAGEMENT <br />DISTRICT, AND BY LOCAL WELL DRILLERS - THIS DATA WAS COLLECTED OVER <br />12 MONTHS, MR. BOBBINS ADVISED THAT THE TEST WELLS CONSTRUCTED IN <br />THE HOBART PARK AREA WERE DETERMINED TO YIELD 200 TO 400 GALLONS PER <br />MINUTE; IN ADDITION, PREDICTIONS ON DRAW DOWNS WERE ALSO MADE A PART <br />OF THE REPORT ON THE HOBART WELL FIELD. <br />COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK COMMENTED THAT GERAGHTY & MILLER MADE <br />CERTAIN STATEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE CITY WELL FIELD AND THEIR <br />PROJECTIONS WERE CONSIDERABLY BELOW WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE WELL <br />FIELD AREA. <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ABOUT TEST WELLS. <br />MR. BOBBINS ADVISED THAT THE COUNTY DID NOT SPECIFICALLY <br />CONSTRUCT A TEST WELL IN THE SOUTH COUNTY TAXING DISTRICT. <br />CHAIRMAN LYONS INTERJECTED THAT THIS WAS NOT DONE BY THE <br />COUNTY; HOWEVER, THERE WAS DATA AVAILABLE ON OTHER WELLS IN THAT <br />AREA, FOR EXAMPLE, VISTA ROYALE. <br />COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK QUESTIONED THE ADVISABILITY OF CHANGING <br />FROM THE LIME TREATMENT PROCESS USED BY THE CITY TO THE COUNTY'S <br />COMMITMENT TO THE REVERSE OSMOSIS PROCESS AT THIS TIME. <br />33 <br />Nov 191980 <br />� J <br />